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Daniel Murdock Buffalo Creek Litigation Papers
This collection primarily contains bound legal documents relating to legal cases resulting from the Buffalo Creek flood of February 26, 1972: Dennis Prince et al. v. the Pittston Company, Justice et al. v. the Pittston Company, West Virginia v. the Pittston Company, and the Governor’s Ad Hoc Commission of Inquiry papers. Testimonies, maps, illustrations, and photographs are included.
Daniel S. Morris, Newspaperman, Biographical Sketch
A biographical sketch of Daniel S. Morris, founder of some of Taylor County's earliest newspapers, including the BROAD-AX, the CENTRAL STANDARD, the FAMILY VISITOR, the WEEKLY-GAZETTE, the VANGUARD, and the VIRGINIA PATRIOT. Morris published his newspaper at Prunytown from 1846-1861 under the several different titles listed above. During the Civil War he served the Confederacy by editing and publishing an official newspaper in Richmond.
Danny Tenney, Collector, Letter Regarding Everettville Mine Disaster
Photocopy of eight page letter from John Spiker to his grandfather, Watson Tenney. In the letter, dated November 7, 1927, Spiker recounts his experience witnessing the Everettville Mine Disaster in Everettville, West Virginia, on April 30, 1927. He was on-site when the Federal No. 3 mine owned by New England Fuel and Transportation Company exploded and he took part in the immediate rescue effort.
Danske Dandridge (1854-1914) Letters
Darrel Ballard, Collector, Yearbooks and Flood Photographs of Wetzel County
Digital facsimiles of yearbooks of Magnolia High School, New Martinsville, Wetzel County, for years 1911-1974 (on two DVDs with backup of eleven CDs). There is also a CD of 640 files of historical images of Wetzel County; and a CD of files of images of the September 17, 2004 Ohio River flood, documenting the region from the northern panhandle and Wheeling to New Martinsville and Parkersburg.
Daughters of the American Revolution, Elizabeth Ludington Hagans Chapter, Morgantown, West Virginia Records
Correspondence, reports, and other manuscripts of the Morgantown chapter of the D.A.R., relating to the history of Stewartstown, Morgantown, and Monongalia County; also genealogical materials for this area.
Daughters of the American Revolution, Elizabeth Ludington Hagans Chapter, Morgantown, West Virginia Records
Correspondence, 1903-1947; lists of names of Revolutionary War soldiers and officers, burials, location of graves, and pensions. There is a list of frontier forts in Monongalia County; data on servicemen in World Wars I and II; and genealogical information on about one hundred families.
Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Charts
Four D. A. R. genealogical charts tracing the Bane, Blodgett, Drake, Ingram, Minor, Parker, Stewart, and other families from 1693 to 1933.